Carpeted cat trees were the best money I ever spent. I put them by the windows and the cats love them.

If Puja goes to my furniture, I put a cardboard scratching box there and she uses it.

Hmm, you're already offering the three surfaces preferred by my cats: sisal, corrugated cardboard, and real wood. But if Biggles prefers scratching fabric, then buy or make him scratching posts covered by a variety of fabrics. Rub the posts liberally with fresh or dried catnip leaves (don't use that catnip spray). Between luring him to the posts with catnip and fabric, and covering all furniture corners with double-sided tape, you should be able to teach that naughty Biggles where his claws do and don't belong.

Laurie

So far he has not shown interest in catnip. The other three go nuts. Maybe he has to get a bit more mature to get high on it. I have some short, nubby carpet remnant. Maybe that will interest him. I have tried the scratching post with the longer carpet and it was a no for all of them. Maybe a 4x4 with a different fabric on each side...

Some cats are not catnip sensitive. There is a genetic receptor and some cats have it, some don't. My siamese wasn't into catnip, but she sure hunted out my doublemint gum I had in my purse. I'd go to get a piece and find hundreds of puncture marks on it. After the fact, it struck me they were tooth marks. Ick.

For the cat that I now own, I went to walmart and got some of those cardboard scratcher things. It came with a package of catnip in it. Once she sniffed the catnip she left my furniture alone. (mostly) lol

Kittens usually don't respond to catnip until they reach sexual maturity.

Ha,he got snipped at the shelter before he at about 6 weeks. He might never know the pleasure of catnip. :)